1.   At its worst, though, it fails to spur good conduct and merely transfers wealth from taxpayers and consumers to lawyers, and often resembles legalized extortion.

2.   He and his henchman, Leonard Armato, performed what charitably could be called legalized extortion on the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic.

3.   He has compared that law, the Community Reinvestment Act, to a form of legalized extortion.

4.   There is much interesting economic news here about the business, specifically a kind of legalized extortion practiced on dancers by some clubs.